Scientific Name
Sarracenia alata

Common Name
Sweet pitcher plant; Yellow trumpets

 
Height: 20"
Flower: Sweet scented maroon flowers
Foliage: Tall, upright yellow pitchers, produced throughout the growing season; short, stiff hairs point downward; very slippery inside
Comments: Native to marshes and bogs, pinelands and wet forest floors in the southeastern US; full sun to light shade
Cultivars/Species: --


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